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To all whom concern.'

Be it known that ll, STEPHEN CnuncHrA, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and StateV pf Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Fullers, of which the following is a specification.

y My present invention relates to improvements in tie removers under the broad class of pushing and pulling devices, andthe invention is designed for the special purpose of providing an apparatus or appliance whereby railway ties may be removed from the road bed with facility, without the usual accompaniment of time and labor expended in removing the material from around the ties.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

igure 1 is a side elevation of my tie remover showing its position in full lines before manipulation, and showing its-- position in dotted lines at the "end of the stroke required to operate the device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of the device looking down, on .line ll--ll Fig. 1.

F'g. 3 is a sectional view on line lll- HI in Fig. 1.

In the preferred embodiment of my in-f vention as shown in the drawings, the device is to be manipulated to withdraw the tie 1 from beneath its rails as 2, and to facilitate.

the operation of the device it may be necessary, in many instances, to loosen the tie from its bed, and also to dig the earth or material from along the upper edges of the tie, but as the time and labor employed in this operation is comparatively slight, its necessity does not affect the eciency of the appliance.

' One of the essential Ielements ofthe device is the lazy tongs construction comprising the pivoted, crossed bars 3 and 1, the pivot ioint being indicated at 5. The bars are Vadapted to lie or float upon the top of the tie and each baris provided with a pair of sharpened spurs l6, 6, 7, 7, which are rigidly fastened to the bars and extend outbe anchored to the position.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pgpm-,Qql NV, 2am, 119117., Application led J' une 12, 1917. Serial No. 174,259.

crumed against the rail of the track, and to this end I' employ a lever arm 11 pivoted at 12 toa shank 13 fixed by the bolt end 14 and nut 15 to the lever, and braced by means of the rigid arm 16. rllhe lever arm may rail by means of the bent metallicl plate 17 and the pin or bolt 18. the plate the plate. The plate is bent to conform to the outline of the rail and is fitted about the head of the rail, and the pin is passed through an opening in the plate, so that the plate is securely attached to the rail and forms a rigid anchor for the fulcrum point of the lever and lever arm.

lIn operating the device, parts to be as shown in full lines Fig. 1, pressure is brought to bear upon the operating lever and it is forced downwardly and the end with the eye bolt is swung quickly assuming the away from the rail. This quick initial movement draws on the links 8, 8

7, 7 to impinge 4against and to enterthe wooden tieA thus grasping the tie at each side thereof, and the continued, but slower and more powerful movement of the lever vdraws the tie from under the rails and withdraws it from its bed. rllhe end of the stroke of the 'lever is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the distance of travel of the tie is indicated bythe distance between theeye bolt 9 in full lines and the same eye bolt indicated in dotted lines. After the down stroke of the lever it is lifted or raised which action disengages the spurs from the tie andA at the same time moves them back toward the rail for another grip, and the successive strokes of the lever cause the tie to be moved out until it is in osition to be hauled out by the use of picks as usual, for iinal dis- 1. A railway tie remover comprising in combination a lazy tongs fashioned with crossed bars having parallel free ends formed with spurs engaging opposite sides beingpivoted at 19 at the end of llllll the crossed pivoted bars having parallel ends and oppositely disposed spurs on said ends,

10 of an operating lever having pivotal connection to said hars', a shank dependingI from the lever, and a lever arm pivoted in said shank and adapted to engage al stationa member to form a fulcrum, whereby the initial movement of the lever causes the 15 spurs to engage the tie and continued movement causes the bals to pull the tie.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

STEPHEN CHURCHIA. 

